Cab driver carjacked; robbers crash while fleeing

Man, woman steal the driver's cab at gunpoint

San Diego  A Yellow Cab driver was carjacked Thursday night, and the robbers struck a car while fleeing, San Diego police said.

The driver was flagged down about 5:55 p.m. by a man and woman at Fairmount Avenue and Orange Avenue. One of them pulled out a handgun and they stole the cab, police Officer David Stafford said.

The cab collided with a car at Fairmount and Talmadge Place. The driver, a 50-year-old woman, suffered minor injuries. The two kept driving in the cab, which was found abandoned nearby.

The man was described as Latino, 25 to 30 years old, about 5 feet 10 inches tall and 180 pounds with short spiky hair. He wore a black shirt. The woman was described as Latina, in her 30s, about 200 pounds, and wearing a green shirt.